Extra Credit:
What makes your Thanksgiving special for you and your family? Who comes to your gathering? What is your favorite food at your dinner? What do you do to help those people less fortunate than you during this Thanksgiving season? Answer these questions and send them to me at cimboden@msdwt.k12.in.us for 5 extra credit points.
Congratulations to the 6th grade orchestra on a wonderful recital last week. I hope you are proud of your accomplishments and are fired up to learn more music.
8th Grade Orchestra:
Be able to write and play F Major and B flat Major two octave scales.
Le Froid, Danse and Postcards will be on our Dec. 9 concert. We may need to pick one more piece so be ready to vote in class. Continue working on all our holiday pieces for our Artsgarden and CEC performances.
7th Grade Orchestra:
Be able to write and play a G Major two octave scale.
E.E. 158 - 160.
Shifting 1,3,4
Canon, Dona, Nightshift and Skaters will be on our Dec. 9 concert. Please continue to work on these pieces to polish them.
Star Wars:1-22
River: 37-45
6th Grade Orchestra:
Be able to write and play a D Major one octave scale.
E.E. 47-73.
Victory March: 1-8
Cable Car: 1-12
Hotaru Koi: 1-15
Thursday, November 20, 2008
Thursday, November 6, 2008
Week of November 12, 2008
EXTRA CREDIT: Go to http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O61Do03ZCjw
For five extra credit points, explain to me what this video is about. Email your answer to cimboden@msdwt.k12.in.us
8th Grade Orchestra:
Practice two octave D and A Major Scales this week.
Trepak - violins - work on the chords and the 2nd position passage
cellos and basses - work on your passage at 17
violas - play through the entire piece focusing on intonation
Continue to work on Le Froid, Little Drummer Boy, Postcards, and Grinch
You will have a playing test on Weds., Nov. 12 for seating:
Violins - Trepak, 49-end
Violas - Ding Dong, 47-60
Cellos - Have Yourself a Merry, 13-28
Basses - Danse, 1-20
7th Grade Orchestra:
Practice a one octave D Major scale this week.
E.E. 152-156, 166-169. We have come to longer pieces at the end of the book. Take some initiative and work ahead on these pieces.
Practice shifting 1 and 3.
Nightshift, Skaters and Dona will be our focus this week. Where are your trouble spots? Isolate them and practice them slowly.
You will have a playing test on Tuesday for seating:
1st Violins - Night Shift, 26-40
2nd Violins - Canon, 25-32
Violas - Night Shift, 50-end
Cellos - Skaters, 27-41
Basses - Dona, 25-32
6th Grade Orchestra:
Our 6th Grade Recital is next week. You should be working on the Beginning Tunes, Twinkle, Jolly, Housetop and BBW. I have included on this blog the information that you were to give to your parents about the recital.
We have been working very hard to be prepared for our premiere performance on Tuesday, November 18. Here is some information that everyone needs to know to make that evening a success. Students need to arrive in the orchestra room at 6:30. This will give me time to tune all 44 instruments. Students are to be dressed in white dress shirts (boys wear collared shirts) black dress pants or appropriate length dress skirt, black socks or sheer hose and black shoes. Ties are provided for the boys by the school. It would be helpful if the boys have learned to tie a tie or if a parent can help with the tie upon arrival. The orchestra is a performing ensemble and we need to look like it. If you are not dressed correctly, you will not be able to perform. Concerts are the culmination of the work that we have been doing in class since August. We need every player to make the music successful. Attendance is mandatory. If you have any questions, please call me at 259-5401 ext. 125 or email me at cimboden@msdwt.k12.in.us.
For five extra credit points, explain to me what this video is about. Email your answer to cimboden@msdwt.k12.in.us
8th Grade Orchestra:
Practice two octave D and A Major Scales this week.
Trepak - violins - work on the chords and the 2nd position passage
cellos and basses - work on your passage at 17
violas - play through the entire piece focusing on intonation
Continue to work on Le Froid, Little Drummer Boy, Postcards, and Grinch
You will have a playing test on Weds., Nov. 12 for seating:
Violins - Trepak, 49-end
Violas - Ding Dong, 47-60
Cellos - Have Yourself a Merry, 13-28
Basses - Danse, 1-20
7th Grade Orchestra:
Practice a one octave D Major scale this week.
E.E. 152-156, 166-169. We have come to longer pieces at the end of the book. Take some initiative and work ahead on these pieces.
Practice shifting 1 and 3.
Nightshift, Skaters and Dona will be our focus this week. Where are your trouble spots? Isolate them and practice them slowly.
You will have a playing test on Tuesday for seating:
1st Violins - Night Shift, 26-40
2nd Violins - Canon, 25-32
Violas - Night Shift, 50-end
Cellos - Skaters, 27-41
Basses - Dona, 25-32
6th Grade Orchestra:
Our 6th Grade Recital is next week. You should be working on the Beginning Tunes, Twinkle, Jolly, Housetop and BBW. I have included on this blog the information that you were to give to your parents about the recital.
We have been working very hard to be prepared for our premiere performance on Tuesday, November 18. Here is some information that everyone needs to know to make that evening a success. Students need to arrive in the orchestra room at 6:30. This will give me time to tune all 44 instruments. Students are to be dressed in white dress shirts (boys wear collared shirts) black dress pants or appropriate length dress skirt, black socks or sheer hose and black shoes. Ties are provided for the boys by the school. It would be helpful if the boys have learned to tie a tie or if a parent can help with the tie upon arrival. The orchestra is a performing ensemble and we need to look like it. If you are not dressed correctly, you will not be able to perform. Concerts are the culmination of the work that we have been doing in class since August. We need every player to make the music successful. Attendance is mandatory. If you have any questions, please call me at 259-5401 ext. 125 or email me at cimboden@msdwt.k12.in.us.
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